Donald Trump
‘What have we done?’ Lawyer, editor in Stormy Daniels deal appear shocked after Trump won
The text messages were shown to the jury on the latest day of the trial, in which Trump has been accused of falsifying business records to cover up an affair with a porn star.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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US Votes 2024
Alarm bells: Donald Trump is flirting with some very dangerous ideas
Donald Trump is as addicted to magical thinking and denial of reality as any petty strongman or dictator. That’s why his economic plans should have us all worried.
- by Paul Krugman
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Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect, doctors fear for women
Health care workers are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly - until it actually becomes deadly.
- by David Fischer and Stephany Matat
Trump fined, threatened with jail time over contempt of court in hush money trial
The former US president was found to have broken a gag order nine times by making public statements on social media and on his campaign website.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Ground zero of fake news’: National Enquirer, the tabloid that fuelled the rise of Donald Trump
In 2016, the tabloid pumped up Donald Trump’s reputation while pumping out invented stories about rival Hillary Clinton.
- by David Bauder
Yes, age is an issue, says Biden. ‘I’m running against a six-year-old’
The US president used the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to roast his rival in the 2024 election.
- by Harriet Barber
Opinion
Federal Reserve
Trump’s think tanks are planning an assault on the Fed’s independence
If Donald Trump regains the US presidency, his policies will clash with the Federal Reserve Board’s key mandate of providing price stability.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘I hated that dog’: Trump VP contender boasts about killing puppy
South Dakota Governor Kirsty Noem’s political ascension was looking promising, but she may have gone a little too far even for gun-happy Republicans.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Male anger problem needs radical action
A royal commission is a good idea, but only if the government commits to implementing the recommendations. This needs to be a whole of community approach, not just whole of government.
Australian journalist named as co-conspirator in Trump hush money trial
The bombshell revelations were made during Trump’s historic hush money trial, in which the ex-president has been accused of falsifying records to stop an alleged affair from becoming public.
- by Farrah Tomazin